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Re:New AWS Directory Service by toomuchtodo on Wednesday October 22, 2014 @11:52AM (#8493267)
What would be the rational for choosing this over say, Google Apps authentication?
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Re:New AWS Directory Service by jcjames on Wednesday October 22, 2014 @12:53PM (#8493572)
Primarily to manage Windows accounts on Windows EC2 instances. Google Apps authentication covers websites via OAuth and OpenID, but not local user accounts on systems like Windows, Linux, and OS X.
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